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General  orders. 
Conf  Pam  12mo  #730 


JIHAD  QUaRTEag  IN  TITH  FIELD, 
Till  July,  1862. 
(  I  A. ••;,.. A  I.  ftRDERS    , 
NO.  10.  s 

profoundly  grateful  In  tl.r  only  fiver  of  all 
lory  for  the  signal  sue  -  --  with  which    He  lias  blessed  on-  arms,  tenders  his 

mest  thanks  ami  congratulations  to  the  Army    by  whose  val  r  such  si  ' 
■Mil  i  e«nhs  have  been  acbievi  I, 
dm  ;  i,m-  j  iy   June  CGth,   the  powerful  and   thoroughly  equipped  Army  ol 
-  entrenched  in    works  vast    in  extent    and  meat   formidable 
character,  within  sight  of  our  Capital. 

remains  of  thnl    confident    and  threatening  host,    lie  up  < 
banks    -l' Jam-      '  cs    r,,,„    Richmond,    seeking  to  recover, 

"nder  the  |  ,:s,  from  th  I  a   series  of  dis 

trous  defeats. 

The  battle  beginning  on  the  afternoon  of  the  26th  of  June,  above  Median- 

rille,  continued  until    the  night    of  .July    let,  with    only  such    intervals  as 

eteroueceasniy  to  purtue  and  overtake   u  e.     Hie    strong  entrench- 

ments  nnd  obttinnte  resistance  were  overcome,  and  our  Army  .-wept  resistless* 

•  wn  the  north  side  of  the  Chickahominy,  until  it  reached  the  rear  of  the 

ml   broke  his   commni  th  the    Vork,  capturing  or   causing 

JunUc  stoves,  and   by  the  iecisive   battle  of  I 
ing  the  enemy  from  his  lin  rful  fortifications  on  tin 

►tde  of  the  Chickahominy,   and  .hiving  him   to   a   precipitate  retreat.     ] 
•  Army  pursued  aa   rapidly  as  the    obstructions  placed  by   the  i    ■ 
would  permit,  three  tines  overtaking  liis   flying    column,  and 
su    often  driving  him  with   slaughter   from    the    field,   leaving  his  autnen 
•l^a.l  ami  wounded  in  our  bands  in  every  conflict. 

The  immediate  fruits  ire   tie   relief  of  Richmond    from    a 

v,nI'  t  of  the  great    Army.tbftso   long  menaced  its    safety, 

many  thousand  prisoners  including  Officers  of  high  tank,  the  capture  or  des- 

'lie   value  of  millions,  and    the  acquisition  of  thousand* 

if  arms  and  forty  piece;  ol  superior  Artillery. 

The  service  rsudcred  to  the  oountry   in  thU  short  but   eventful  period,  can 

■carcely  l stimated,  and  the   General  Commanding  cannot  adequately  ex- 

idmiration  of  the  courage,  endurance   and  conduct  of  the 

Officers  and  mei 

Thcs.e    brilliant  result!   bavs  cost   as    many   brave    men,    but    while   wo 
tr  gallant  dead,  let  as  not  forget  that   they  died  nob'y  in 
defence  of  their- enintry/s_  freedom,  and  have    linked  their   memory  with  an 
I   in. the  hearts  of  n  grateful  people. 
Soldiers!  y«ut   country    wjll  thank  you    for  the  heroic    conduct  you    have 
displayed,-  coaUuct  worthy  of  men  engaged    in  a  cause  so  just  and    sacred 
l<  *< rvin|  a  nation's  gratil  i  le  *.  1  pra 
i  •  rai  Lbs. 

R.   H    CHILTON, 

A.   A.  General. 


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